"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Maverick"
> > wrote:
>
>>I'm glad someone brought this question up.
>>
>>I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've
>>kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good
>>for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would
>>have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of
>>eggs
>>(ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates
>>from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many
>>eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week
>>and
>>then not use a single egg for a month or so.
>
> If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you
> store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they
> should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. I buy eggs from Costco in large
> batches, and I'm still using them several weeks past the "use by" date.
>
> You don't need a fancy system for keeping track of dates here. You fill a
> deep bowl with cold water and gently place an egg on the bottom of the
> bowl (don't drop it in, actually place it on the bottom of the bowl) if
> the
> egg floats to the top don't use it. If it turns up on end but touches the
> bottom you can still use it. I usually don't use them if no part of the
> shell touches the bottom of the bowl.
>
> --
> Siobhan Perricone

Thanks so much! This will let me have fresh eggs all the time now.

Bret
<now needs to save some egg cartons...>



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